Build 4025 - Version 4.1.1

4.1.1 - b4025
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Fixed

• Davis VP2/Vue raincounter reset problems
• Another raincounter reset issue that has been lurking
• Wizard made Ecowitt API key and secret mandatory
• Fix for FTP overwrite performing delete + create of remote file

Build 4024 - Version 4.1.0

4.1.0 - b4024
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New

• HTTP (Ecowitt) station now accepts the data via a simple GET url as well as POST
• Cumulus now calculates the AQi for Ecowitt PM and CO₂ sensors
  • New web tags:
    <#AirQualityIdx1[-4]>, <#AirQualityAvgIdx1[-4]>
    <#CO2_pm2p5_aqi>, <#CO2_pm2p5_24h_aqi>, <#CO2_pm10_aqi>, <#CO2_pm10_24_aqih>
• Add new pressure units option of kilopascal (kPa)
• New station type added: JSON Data Input, marked as "experimental" for now, but testing so far has been successful
  • Accepts data in a JSON format defined in MXutils/WeatherStationInput.jsonc
  • Input mechanism is via:
    • Named file
    • HTTP POST to http://[CMX_IP_Address]:8998/station/json
    • MQTT using a named topic
• Locale Strings now has settings for the default record date/time text

Changed

• Removed option for WOW catch-up, it isn't supported by WOW
• Moved the log file header info files to the MXutils/fileheaders folder

Fixed

• Temperature Sum graph data when Sum0 is the only selected range
• Fix #NewBuildAvailable and #NewBuildNumber web tags
• Fix for Davis VP2 consoles losing todays rainfall on a full power cycle
• Exception when enabling real-time FTP whilst running and FTP logging is enabled
• Davis WLL now fires a single "sensor contact lost" warning message + contact restored
• Fix for multiple realtime FTP log-ins being attempted in parallel
• Alarm actions errored if the action parameter field is empty

Package Updates

• MQTTnet
• MailKit
• BouncyCastle

Build 4023 - Version 4.0.1

New

• There is now a 32 Windows specific version of executable - CumulusMX32.exe
  • The same applies to MigrateData3to4, CreateMissing and ExportToMySQL

Changed

• Removed the experimental Gmail OATH2 authentication method
• Third party uploads now have retries and the timeout increased to 30 seconds

Fixed

• Fixed Spike handling for outdoor temperature
• Fixed David Cloud (VP2) station sometimes not decoding dew point, adds indoor temp/hum decode
• The -install option now works on 32 bit Windows

Build 4022 - Version 4.0.0

Initial release of Cumulus MX which now runs under Microsoft .NET 8.0 and removes the requirement for the Mono runtime environment on Linux

New

• Moon Image now supports transparent shadows
• The -install/-unistall command line switches now support both Windows and Linux
  • Under Linux run > sudo dotnet CumulusMX.dll -install -user [-port <port_number>] [-lang ]
  • Windows install as a service now self-elevates and requests UAC
• Implements encryption of the credentials in the cumulus.ini file
• Experimental Gmail OATH 2.0 authentication
• New web tag for the average temperature of the previous 24 hours from now: <#TempAvg24Hrs>
• Cumulus backups are now zipped
• Add Enable option to Extra Web Files so you can now save entries but not have them active
• Ecowitt - added firmware update check on start-up and once a day at 13:00
  • New Firmware Alarm to support this
  • New web tag <#FirmwareAlarm>
• Adds new web tags for temperature means
  <#ByMonthTempAvg mon=[1-12]> Mean for requested month over the entire history. Omit the mon parameter for the current month
  <#MonthTempAvg m=[1-12] y=[YYYY]> Mean for the requested specific month. Omit the parameters for the current month
  <#YearTempAvg y=[YYYY]> Mean for the requested year. Omit the y parameter for the current year
• Add "MX calculates Sea Level Pressure"
  • Applies to HTTP Ecowitt, HTTP Ambient, GW1000, Ecowitt Cloud, FO, Davis Cloud WLC stations
  • When enabled, the pressure calibration is applied to the raw station pressure
  • Check your station pressure (Absolute) calibration!
• Adds true Altimeter Pressure calculation to GW1000, Ecowitt HTTP, Ecowitt Cloud
  • Check your station pressure (Absolute) calibration!
• Added localisation of records web tag date/time formats

Changed

• Now requires Microsoft .Net 8.0 rather than mono to run under Linux and MacOS
• All data files are now written/read as invariant - dayfile, monthly log files, extra log files, AirLink, and custom log files
  • NOTE: Custom log files may require the user to alter their configuration to use comma separators and add the rc=y parameter to numeric web tags
• Monthly log files now renamed to "[yyyyMM]log.txt" to remove localised month name - and now sortable in the file system!
• Added MigrateData3to4 utility.
  Basic workflow:
  - Clean install v4
  - Copy v3 Cumulus.ini to root
  - Copy v3 /data and /Reports folders to v4 install
  - Rename the /data folder to /datav3
  - Run MigrateData3to4
  - Done!
• Removed previously deprecated web tags
  CO2-24h, CO2-pm2p5, CO2-pm2p5-24h, CO2-pm10, CO2-temp, CO2-hum
• Loading dayfile now continues on error and reports total errors - only the first 20 errors are logged
• You now only set the Ecowitt MAC/IMEI address in one place for the various station types
  • In Local API settings for GW1000 type
  • In Cloud Access API for Cloud and HTTP station types

Fixed

• Problems when using a 9am rollover in the records editors for values from the monthly log files
• Select-a-Period charts not respecting the interval dates: Air Quality, CO₂, Soil Moisture, Leaf Wetness
• Calibration Limits not changing when the user changes units - eg initial install
• Potential fix for corruption at the end of all data log files when shutting down
• Error that the username is not set when sending email to a server that requires no authentication
• Improvement to GW1000 API reconnects
• Improved web socket initial connection to send data immediately on dashboard/now/gauges connection
• Fix for soil moisture conversion from percentage to cb in Weather Cloud uploads
• Reload dayfile can now only be run as a single instance
• Improvements to Davis WLL wind handling when:
  • Transitioning from catch-up to live running
  • No broadcasts are received
• Davis WLL improved recovery from loss of broadcast messages
• Spike/limit improvements

Build 3283 - Version 3.28.6

• Fix davis Cloud station decode of VP2 sensor current data (again)
• Fix crash in Growing Degree Days & Temperature Sum graphs for a particular circumstance

Build 3282 - Version 3.28.5

Fixed bug in rainfall jump detection, was triggering at 1 mm!

Build 3281 - Version 3.28.4

New

• The monthly log file check for corruption is extended to the Extra and AirLink logs if they are in use

Fixed

• Error that the username is not set when sending email to a server that requires no authentication
• Some Davis VP2 stations current data not working with the WeatherLink Cloud station type
• Fix for soil moisture conversion from percentage to cb in WCloud uploads
• Fix EcowittCloud not applying historic piezo rainfall

Build 3280 - Version 3.28.3

New

• Adds Ecowitt local GW1000 API to the web tag <#StationFreeMemory>. Known to work with GW1100 (v2.3.1) and GW2000 (v3.1.1) so far
• Adds a new web tag <#ExtraStationFreeMemory> to avoid clashes with the main station and a Ecowitt HTTP station used for extra sensors
• Adds a check for the raincounter suddenly increasing (more than 25mm or 1 inch)

Fixed

• Ecowitt Cloud decoding of Soil Moisture values
• Ecowitt Cloud add missing decode of CO2 temp/humidity values
• Crash for new installs when the monthly log file does not exist
• Setting Ecowitt custom server settings when used as an Extra Sensor station
• The Monthly Records editor values from the log file showed the previous months values for monthly totals like Total Rainfall etc.

Build 3279 - Version 3.28.2

New

• Adds two new web tags <#StationFreeMemory> and <#StationRuntime>
  StationFreeMemory: Shows the station free memory for Davis WLC, Ecowitt GW1100/20000 (using HTTP)
  StationRuntime: Shows the station uptime in seconds for Davis WLL/WLC, Ecowitt GW1100/20000 (using HTTP)
• Now implements a basic check of the latest monthly log file on start-up to remove any nulls from the end

Changed

• Custom Minutes MySQL commands can now have the interval defined per command rather than globally

Fixed

• Ecowitt Cloud station: Fix some errors decoding Ecowitt cloud API.
• Ecowitt Cloud, no longer requires a Pro subscription to pull current data. Quite an extensive rewrite!
• Extra Files using log filename templates missed the last log entry at month rollover as they switched to the new month immediately
• Fix missing units in alarm email messages
• Custom Timed MySQL commands sometimes fired immediately after saving the configuration
• Ecowitt historic catch-up was missing CO2, CO2 pm, CO2 T/H, leaf wetness, and extra T/H dewpoint values

Build 3278 - Version 3.28.1

New

• PHP upload max connections per server now configurable, the default value is reduced from 20 to 5
• Extra Web Files upload of log files now supports incremental uploads (works for all upload types: PHP, SFTP, FTP/FTPS)
  • New tick box column on the settings page "Incremental"
  • Can be used with any text file that "grows" a line at a time
• Upload Now! page now has a tick box to force upload of incremental log files fully

Changed

• Web tag <#OsVersion> now returns the OS description. This is better on Windows and appears to be the same on Linux

Fixed

• Final(?) fix for remove space from dates
• Add a check for null MQTT topics
• A bug in the MySQL timed + repeat settings
• Error save Program Settings > RemoveSpaceFromDateSeparator
• Fix wrong DST status issue that seems to affect some Synology NAS boxes
• Fix record editors when editing records that have a time format of "Mon Year"
• When Davis WLL detects a missed high wind gust it is now also added into recent wind data to be included in the calculations

Package Updates

• FluentFTP (revert back to official release)
• MQTTnet
• MySqlConnector